Huntsville gazette., 1887-07-30
Discriminating Prejudice.

CnlcagO next rail-, WltnOut authority
Of any one save himself. His self
assumed responsibility is proving en-
tirely unsatisfactory and distasteful
to the patriotic citizens of liberty
loving. caste hating Chicago. and her
ruling spirits are opposing and de-
nouncing the unjust order as a dis
grace to the city and unjust. They
demand it's recall.
We reproduce from al editorial of
the Chicago Inter Ocean the following
extracts, which show the tone OF
Chicago's opposition to Gen, Bent
ley's discriminating order against
colored troops:
II the people are conselted the vote
in favor of admitting the colored CON-
panies will be almost unanimous, and
it is a question whethrr the man~
ayers of the encampment have the
right to antagonize the people in
whase name they have acted in send
ing out invitations.
Chicago is greatly interested in the
success of this encsmpment and the
people will make geod many sacri-
fees that it may be made succassfull
beyond anything Of the kind on re.
coord. But they are not ready to sac
rifce principle nor to be put in the
attitude of stultifying themselves be-
fore the world simply because Gener-
al Bentley has written an order
which be had no right to issue with
out consultation with the people
whom the world believes he repre-
sents. Without multiplying words it
must be said that General Bentley in
this order flies in the face of public
sentiment and conviction in Chicago,
and the quicker this is understood
the better will it be for the encamp-
ment.
The ordt is without reason and
without sense. It is based on the rs
sumption that companies in
Europe, South America, Mexico. and
this country will not attend if color
ed companies ara invited. This is the
merest assumption, and the question
ought never to have deem raised The
stronger assumption is that many
foreign military companies will dc.
cline to atteud when they understand
that any class Of Americans is to be
barred out. Certainly the manages
will weaken their influence in Great
Britain by letting the order stand,
and certainly the City of Chicago and
the State of Illinois and the entire
North will be disgraced in the eyes
of the world if the decision ia not re-
called. But it is not on record that
any Of the possible or probable part
ticipants lave asked that colored
companies be barred out, aud it is
not probable that the presence Of
we'll disciplined and we'll drilled col
ored troops would make any differ,
ence in the attendance Of white
troops from the several States or in
the attendance of French, German,
Italian, British, Spanish or Russian
troops from Europe. The rnle of the
encampment ought to permit the at
tendance of companies from the ma
tive troops in India (there are 125, 200
of them J. and South Africa: troops
from China, Japan, Persia, and Tur-
key, and companies from the native
troops of the Central acd South A.
merican State. Would q company in
New Orleans or any other Southern
city odjsct to the attendance OF dusk
y troops from any other country
than our Own, and if such objections
were fled would they have any influ-
ence with the managers?
Possibly there are not very many
independent colored military cam
panies in the United States that will
care to attend the encampment, but
whether they want to come or not
they ought to be invited. Chicago
will have no part in this volunteer
pandering to prejudice that ought
to have been crushed out of exis-
tence long ago. Speaking for its con-
stituency The INTER ocIA asks tn It
the order be rescinded without dis
cussion and as Z matter of principle.
This metropolis of the territory form